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"Maylve, but it is no affair of yours
to interfere with private affairs of
mine Detective Sergeant. See here
there is no lady i those (Member*.
conur, eliefirompeinful
Seeendil I have an appointment rointment at corns, tender toes and
y', 1 F giresaure of tight ewes.
nine o creek, and you are detaining as a
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What's more," answered Stolces, t' Q'd`;paw
who had noRv quite lost his temper,'
"I intend to go on detaining you untilI have eetnehed these chambers and the doorway. "Could you direct No
searched them tlnanou.ghly." to the hoose of his excellency Oi;muz
Nicol Brinn glanced at his watch, Khan?" ho impaired.
r leave ill five minutes, I'll be hi To be continued.)
good titre," he said. "Follow nee,'
Crossing to the centre s d ion of What the a ne e
a massive bookcase he opened it and What C Il of s
2044 it proved to be a doer. Within was a -Eat small and eozy study. In 'Contrasts
mean peer' toms with the museun;like room out of
' = which it opened, it was furnished hi a It is interesting, says an editorial
severely simple fashion. • writer in Tiro Lancet (Landon),. to
Palpably there was no ono there. study the food problems of a practi•
Nor did the two bedrooms, the kitchen cally homoe neons' race which is
and the lobby offer' any more satisfae- changing from an agricultural to an
tory evidence. Nicol Brinn led the iudnatrial character. .A great Ileal of
'way back helm the lobby; IIe resume work has been done by the medical
ed hie place upon the hearthrug.. staff .of the Japanese 'Army on the
"Aro you satisfied, Deteotive Ser- dietaries adapted to their countrymen
ge<"t'nt'?" t when doing light, moderate and heavy
"I ane!" Stokes spoke angrily, work, and recently Prof. Shozo Toda,
"While you kept me talking, she slip-. ea the Kyoto University, has discuss -
ped out through that study, and down ed in The Japan Medical World the
into the, street.'' actual consumption of food in Japan.
"S.orry," drawled Brimi, again con- Says the London paper:
suiting his watch. "The five minutes 'Japan is one of those fortunate
are up. I must be off."' countries which produce nearly all
"Not until I have spoken to Scot- the food they need. Some rice, beans,
land Yard, sir." sugar, eggs, and wheat dour are int -
Nicol Brim.strodeto the telephone, ported, but very little else, the total
which stooel upon a small table almost excess of food imports amounting, it
immediately in front of the bookease, is believed, only to about 11 per cent.
The masked door remained ajar. of the nation's requirements. It is.
"You are quite fixed upon detain- calculated by Professor Toda that the
in me?" nixed population of Japan, 66 'million
"Quote," eaid Stakes, watching himtdn all, requires the same amount of
elosety, food as- 43 million adults. After care-
en one long stride Brinn was ful inquiryhe has corrected the sta-
through the doorway, telephone in tlsties of food, production and con -
hand! Before Stokes had time to sumption, which would appear very
move, the door closed violently, in greatly to underestimate the produc-
order, no doubt, to make it shut over tion of vegetables other than cereals
the telephone cable which lay under incl fruits.
ft! "The values show a marked deficl-
ency of fat. The ratio of physiologi-
cal demands of food calories of the
European and Japanese are 100:86,
based on weights and body surfaces;
Some two hour after Paul Hanle ,s • and on this basis the Japanese eats
y more than the European this being
examination' of Jones, the ex -parlor -f mainly due to the large' proportion of
maid, a shabby street hawker appear -hire consumed in Japan. This cereal
ed in the Strand, bearing'a tray con- appears to be very digestible in all re-
taining copies of "Old Moore's Al-; sports, and although poor in protein
mania" Nobody appeared to be par -and very poor in fat, especially meets
ticulariy interested, and during his the taste of the Japanese. The pro -
slow progression from Wellington tein consumed by the European is
Street to the Savoy Hotel he smoked largely derived from land animals,
cigarets almost continuously. whilst the Japanese relies mainly on
This commercial optimist was still lista In so far, that is, as he consumes
haunting the courtyard of the hotel at animal food.
a time when a very handsome limou- "Although the consumption of fish
sine pulled up beside the curb and a is going up, 'the modern urban people
sprucely attired Hindu stepped out. in Japan are inclined to take a simple
One who has been in 'the apartments food of polished rice with solve sub -
of Ormuz Khan must have recognized sidiary diet.... This monotony of
his excellency's private secretary. dietary produces malnutrition. . .
Turning to the ehauffoar, a half-caste Moreover, it seems to be a chief
of somo kind, and ignoring the pre:- cauee of the increase of beriberi. The
Ince of the prophet who had generous- growth of population has been ap•
ly opened the door, "You will return proximately proportional to the gro-
at eight o'clock," he said, speaking duction of rice. Disease, or a higher
perfect and cultured English, "to take rate of mortality, does rot seem to
his excellency to High Claybury." follow a poor rice year, but cringe
"Yes, sir," replied the chauffeur, does. The present position of Japan
and he touched his cap as the Hindu is not favorable to rattle -raising on
walked into the hotel. a large scale, but larger batches of
The salesman reclosed the door of fish might easily be made and some -
the cur, and spat reflectively upon the thing done to use a greater proportion
pavement. of the total catch for food and lees for
Limping wearily, he worked his way manure. The problems of a popula-
1 along in the direction of Chano(517 tion whichhas so rapidly altered its
-
5ra' Lane. But, before reaching Chan- habits inlet, in the nature of things,
eery Lane, he plunged into a maze of be difHcnit,"
courts with which he was evidently ----"
well acquainted. IIis book -selling l"M.r>,
enterprise presently terminated, as it
Aha couuncnced, at The Chancery
Agency.
Onec more safe in his dressin,:-
room, the peddler rapidly transformed
hinwdf into Paul Harley, and Paul
Harley, Iaying his watch upon the
table before him, lighted his pip and
indulged in half an hour's close think-.
irg.
And presently, laying his pipe
aside, he took up a telephone which
stood upon the dressing table and rang
up a garage with which he had an
aceount.
"Hello, is that you, Mason?" he
said. "Have the racer to meet me at
seven o'e)ock, half -way along Pall
Mall."
Never for a monahent did he relax his
vigilance. Observing every precau-
tion when he left The Chancery
Agency, he spent the intervening time
at one of his clubs, from which, having
trade an early dinner, he setoff for
Pall Mail at ten minutes to seven. A
rakish -looking gray car resembling a
giant torpedo was approaching slowly
from the direction of Buckingham
Palace. The driver pulled up as Paul
Harley stepped into the road, and
following a brief conversation Harley
M drug
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BEGIN HERB TODAY. La'at 0t:+ of all his visitors, bat take no
Sir Citailes Abingdon engages Paul definite steps regarding him person -
Earley, criminal investigator, to find
Int w ny Sir Charles is kept under
et reit:im'o by persons unknown to
him. Marley dines at the Abingdon
home. Sir Charles falls from his
chair in a dying state. Abingdon's
last' uoids are "Nicol Brinn" and
"Fns'- fungus."
Itee asks Brinn the meaning of
"Prins 1 n u'e," but Brinn rcfuees to
enlighten 1 nye
Iia: ••• investigates the life of
Oeerg n, - friend of Phil Abing-
don. (1 u ,.l r of Sir Charles. Naida,
an ;u..:,;; l calls at the home of Nicol
Brinn.
tiu Usti Mill THE STORY.
"1 est i there wns a meeting
outs;+ I <,.,
"Yap t t want me to believe there
ars Enehre members?"
Many. But let
nee y e e ..eome'acw—senlehr w I
don't undo:card—he finds year• are'
one -'.
"My (1<, r!.•
"An:i tl• u are ..;:t present last
nigln, ;y= seri t:n,ir stand? ,. So
tsil :,n that a car
wig i-; c, i;:. at nine o'clock te-
✓ la ,• t fealty Club. The
ei •i t•er y.. l r,e a Hindi. Toa know
w 1 t t 011, r;,y Nieel. You
k::<.w e ' ! Yaa are .lever. You can
rete' -1. re c can.. eypinin you had
no call: 1'' y refuse—"
.A e' .:atrt rap sounded upon the
dopy,
Nicol 1' . crossed and stood.
hand., t 1 -hind him, before the
raapi.r
'In." he said.
Hoehlee eeleeed. "Detective Ser-
• genet Stelsea. s :rhes to see you at
oce,
Brinn ,i' watch from his valet -
coat. } c--1 -t. Attached to it ivas a fob
from isle.+•h dareadea a Iittle Chines;
1'uddlta. I`e con:,ulted the timepiece
and a toretel it to his pocket.
"Eight-tcv G••e," he nattered,
and g`ar -, :l r '•,-. e. to where Naida,
wide -eye -a, were', 't him. `Admit De-
tec:tive c•.r tetee..t. Stokes at eight:
twenty-six. nil the lock the door,"
"Vete
11cel..is ,'1 ra .. mertur•bably,
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11trr,
iv' t ve. t :itoke3 wr s a
leo, dn. K 1, 1 1 i0e. the word "con-
et:oa y t . r: 1 : him.
%t'0 ex's ; , l . e with regard
to Nie; 1. b(cn •u,xiect:
• h 31,. I .1/4.14,rs, matte
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ally without consulting me."
Armed with these instructions, the
detective sergeant had undertaken his
duties, which had proved more or less
tedious up to the time that a fashion-
ably attired woman of striking but
unusual appearance had inquired of
the hall porter upon which floor Mr.
Nicol Brian resided.
In her manner the detective ser-
geant had perceived something fur-
tive. There was a hunted look in her
eyes, too.
When, at the end of some fifteen or
twenty minutes, she failed to reap-
pear, he determined to take the initi-
ative himself.
As a result, then, he presently found
himself in the presence of the immov-
able Hoskins: and having caused his
name to bo announced, he was re-
qutu,ted to wait in the lobby for one
minute Exactly one minute had elap-
eed when he was shown into that
lu•fty room, which of late had
lee u tlt" ecc-rr rf strange happenings.
Ile heked into the unlathomabk,
light I i eyes el Nicol Brinn, and
hearse consa'xus cf ti certain mental
c: of
"Geed evening sir." 11e said, awk-
weeelly. "I "m nst rig in the case
CHAPTER XVII.
WHAT HAPPENED TO BARLEY
A sprucely ihttired Hindu stepped
out.
unu-rtning the disaltpearonee of Mr.
Paul Harley."
"Yes." replied Brim;.
"Weil, sir, again he glanced
rapidly about --"I don't want to in-
trude more than neceseary, but a lady
came in here ahc:ut hair an hour ago."
"Yes," drawled Brenta "It's poe•-
sihle.
"It . a fact, declared the detective
sergeant. "If it isn't troubling you
toy itmch. I should lis to know that
lady's name. Also, I should like a
chat with her before elm leaves."
1\ue1 Brinn replaced his cigar in
the right coiner at1 his mouth: "De-
tective Sergeant Stokes, I give you
my woad that the lady to whom you
refer is no longer in these chambers,"
Stakes glared at him angrily. "But
there is no other way out," he blus-
tered.
lurtered.
"I shall not deal with this matter
further," detitared Brinn, coldly, "I
may have vices, but I never was -a
liar."
"Oh," muttered the detective ser-
geant, taken aback by the cold in•
eisiveness of the speaker. "Then per-
haps you will lead the way, as I
should like to take a look around."
Nicol Brinn spread his feet move
widely on the hearthrug. "Detective set out westward, performing a detour
Sergeant Stokes," he said, "you are before heading south for Lower Clay -
not playing the game. inspector Wes-
sex passed his woad to me that for
twenty-four hours my movements
should not be questioned or inter-
fered with. How' is it that I find you,
here?"
Sikes thrust his hands in his pock-
ets and coughed uneasily, "I am not
a machine,' he replied; "and I do
my own job in my own way."
bury, a little town with which he was
only slightly acquainted.
He was in gunshot of Old Clay -
bury church tower, when the sight
of a Haystack immediately inside a
meadow gate suggested a likely hiding
place for the racer; and, having run
the car under covin, Haney proceeded
on foot to the little railway statism„
He approached a porter who leaned in.
"Don't let a girl's noes stop you
when her eyes say yea."
The prize example of hard luck we
think is illustrated 111 the following
episode: August Winkler was burned
out in Wisconsin recently and started
South to regain his fortune. On his
way there his wife died, 1'le started
in business, and the Mississippi flood
wiped hum out. IIe went to Kansas,
arriving at Roseville with his Mover
and $166 in cash. Ile put the cash in
the Roseville bank, and the, bank
failed the following clay.
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that it never remains idle.
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Answered
,Many animals are curious, and
birds, too, for that matter, One who
can imitate their natural calls with
even a fair degree of accuracy is
pretty sure to get a response. Vet-
eran guides themselves do not under-
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ently answer the fraudulent call of
Uro birch bark ]tor in the hands of a
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"I've listened to perhaps a hundred
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were short cries,' others: prolonged
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"1 was up in the .&llegash region.
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the most ingenious hire]] hark horns
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one evening I tried it out.
"My cabin was near Five Pinter
Brook on the shore of Teal Poncl, a
smatil body of water about a half mile
across and four or five miles long. 1
was delighted when I got an answer.
from a long way off, ever by the
Allegash Mountains. Well, we emoted
eater other bath and forth for several
minutes, until I got tired and turned
In.
''Two hours later I was aweltened
by a crashing and splashing outside.
It was a clear, moonlight night.
Open:ng the cabin door, I peered out,
".there, standing on the shore, shak-
ing himself and pawing the beach,
was a big bull moose. Ile must have
come miles to answer the call I had
forgotten all about, And when be
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'He was madder than a wounded
wllecat when be found that he had
been fooled and he euorted and bel-
loWei crounl there for some time be -
tore be began to calm down, I stmt
and t=arred the cabin door and didn't.
do any n'ore moo.te es ing that nigh;."
The Vicar—"Ah, Mrs. Miggs, 1, ton,
have had to pinch al my lire to make
both ends meet." MI'S. Maggs—"Lor',
sir, ain't It lucky you were never
caught?"
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Explorer Stud a "
Iceland's Interior
Many Interesting Discoveries
Made in Volcanology
Copenhagen, Den. --Dr. Niels Niel-
son, the_Danish natural scientist nod •
explorer, has returned to Denmark
after a toilsome expedition to un-
known parts of the interior of Ice
land, on which ozpedition he was ac-
compatiied by P..- Hanneseoil and
Sturla Jonsson, the latter a peasant,
both Icelanders.
Having secured the requisite num-
ber of horses, they left the famous
Ilekla volcano, proceeding into the
vast unknown wastes which form the
interior of Iceland. Some of the
horses hell to be left behind, as it
was quite impossible to Rad fodder -
for the full number. After twb clays'
journey they reached a 1ci111 of oasis
already known to them, where they
made their ` 1leadquar'tet's for some
time. Next they proceeded in a north-
eastern direction, : making halts' at
three places, wherethey made ex-
cursions.
Of special interest were their in-
vestigations of the great eruption in
these parts in 1013. There are no
vole:vete . mountains, but groat voi-
a'uie slits or apertures in the ground
taro their place, and Dr. Nielson
1,t.,letaius that generally speaking a
yulaanic lnountain,is not a mountain.
Tlie,lat-a and the slags flow or are
thrown out from these huge crevices 't
and tiro of them were still sending
forth volumes of hot eteam, although
the hist eruption was 14 years ago. A
epode.] study was made of volcanic
phenomena generally, anti Dr. Nielsen
thinks they have arrived at 'results
t,1itc11 will throw light on ranch which
has not hitherto been properly under
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The. party oleo, under most difficult
.onditicln, proceeded into the im-
mense h.:' fields of Vatnajokull, exam-
ining Ilse wanderings and the consist-
ence of the vast glacier. Just below
11113' glacier they came upon some rnys-
teelcus lakes in the midst of the .des-
e:t, they are the outcome of volcanic
ertildions and Hare since been filled
s. it i water, hot they have neil'her in
:at her c,ii1e1 and are several days'
..: ne1 from other lakes. There was
1.1:11,-..s.1 life whatever round them
1' ,else of the usual birds. and
in the Iria.s there were fish, splendid
t?c.ot, lice t„ rix pounds.
1. 1) y little is really known about
...•.aid. ra,t> Dr. Nielsen, and 11e is
1,lident of having brouohiback ma-
;oriel which will greatly contribute to
aha growth of volcanological science.
Savants Study
Storni Center
in Greenland
ip
Observation Stations Estab
fished by Michigan Scien-
tific Expedition
London.—From the summits of
"Greenland's icy mountains," weath-
er prophets soon may be able to radio -
cast to rho world warning of coming
Morins fru the Atlantic Ocean lanes
and the teneperate zones generally.
'fills is tite hope of Prof. William
Ii. 1}nllis, head of the University of
MI:him:It scientific expedition who
11115 started for Home aboard the Le-
viathan after 10 weeks study' of the
nolllrtnt etarrns at the place of their
fief inning over the great ice cap of tit-
terer Greenland.
The expedition spent the summer
at 11 ,nedenlugsstlak I'''jord within the
Art tic. Circle. "it is probably the
long (at fjord in the world and affords
woneerfnl scenery 00 a majestic stale
which has been seen by few white
num," raid Professor Hobbs. "It is
unlikely to become the haunt of tour -
fats. however, because the Greenland
cra l ie most dangerous, being draped
with heavy fogs, girt with thousands
of lade and hidden reefs and without
beacons of any hind to geide marine
The Hobbs expedition established
three observation stations 100 miles b -
apart, one of then being oa the sum-
mit of Mount Evans.. From the ob-
servattoils made at these stations it fa
planned to radio forecasts of coming
morins over the north Atlantic 48
hours in advance of the storm's ar-
rival over the ocean lane.
Stlected members of the University
or Michigan expedition will winter in e
(h'eenlend and will send out obsel'v:t.-
tlnn balloons with small lanterns for
meteorological study. Two members
of the party Will spend the winter in
a snow cave on the island lee for the
purpose of making observations.
Stakes have been placed and measure-
ments taken for the study of glacier-
movements.
Professor Hobbs will return to Eur-
ope next year. He is uncertain
whether he will go to Greenland him- ._
self, but the expedition work will be
carried on and his hope is :to make
11113 nleteorologieal stations there per-
ii
Fred Kelly has proved to his own
satisfaction that every man is an
egotist, lie recently sent twenty
telegrams to twenty acquaintances
carrying only the one word 'Congratu-
.14
lations." So far as ho keeev not one
of the twenty had clone anything to
be congratulated for, lout every single
one of them tool' the message serious -
1y and answered with a letter of
thanks. Every man of diem had done
something which Le thought clever'
and worthy of congratulation.
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